Prometheus Awards

The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarianscience fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes the quarterly journal Prometheus. L. Neil Smith established the award in 1979, but it was not awarded regularly until the newly founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982. The Society created a Hall of Fame Award (for classic works of libertarian science fiction, not necessarily novels) in 1983, and also presents occasional one-off awards.

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"The prize for both the Prometheus and the Hall of Fame awards is a gold coin, representing free trade and free minds, mounted on an engraved plaque. Originally, for the Prometheus Best Novel Award the coin was one-half ounce, for the Hall of Fame it was one-eighth ounce. Starting in 2001, the Prometheus Best Novel Award coin became one ounce."

"Every year the LFS sponsors the Prometheus Awards. They were established in 1979, making them some of the longest-lived awards in science fiction after the Nebula and Hugo awards, and one of the oldest fan-based awards currently in the genre. Representatives of the LFS have presented Prometheus Awards annually since 1982 at the World Science Fiction Convention. ... You can also take part in the process. Any member may nominate works to be considered for future awards. ... Discover past issues of Prometheus: The Newsletter of the Libertarian Futurist Society."